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From: dorayme on 9 Aug 2010 05:34
When a Mac user goes to a web page, if the author has called for
a certain element to have the text inside displayed in a
*particular* font (like Geneva), and the user has not ticked any
override preferences, the font will display in Geneva if he has
that font (likely on a Mac).

If the author specifies only that his text should be in a
sans-serif font, the text will appear in whatever the user has
set for sans-serif in his browser (preferences have choices).

Serif, sans-serif and monospaced fonts are usually openly
mentioned in browser preferences. In iCab there is cursive
options. In Safari and Firefox there seems not to be settings for
cursive and yet these browsers still render the same cursive text
that iCab does when called for. But I see no obvious setting for
such in these browsers. So,the system must be supplying the
choice. But what tells the system what to supply, the Mac owner
presumably can get at these settings. How?

I tried this question on mac.sys with no replies? I know you
don't love me but still, how about some of you stop doing
whatever you are doing and attend!

--
dorayme
From: Erilar on 9 Aug 2010 11:50
dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> When a Mac user goes to a web page, if the author has called for
> a certain element to have the text inside displayed in a
> *particular* font (like Geneva), and the user has not ticked any
> override preferences, the font will display in Geneva if he has
> that font (likely on a Mac).
>
> If the author specifies only that his text should be in a
> sans-serif font, the text will appear in whatever the user has
> set for sans-serif in his browser (preferences have choices).
>
> Serif, sans-serif and monospaced fonts are usually openly
> mentioned in browser preferences. In iCab there is cursive
> options. In Safari and Firefox there seems not to be settings for
> cursive and yet these browsers still render the same cursive text
> that iCab does when called for. But I see no obvious setting for
> such in these browsers. So,the system must be supplying the
> choice. But what tells the system what to supply, the Mac owner
> presumably can get at these settings. How?
>
> I tried this question on mac.sys with no replies? I know you
> don't love me but still, how about some of you stop doing
> whatever you are doing and attend!

I want to know, too!

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
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